Welcome to Kennections, a weekly quiz created by Jeopardy! champion/co-host Ken Jennings. Here's how to play: All five answers to the questions below have something in common. Can you figure it out? (Note: We've given you a hint by showing you how many letters are contained within the answer, but this quiz is not interactive.)
1. What kind of creature can a lycanthrope transform into?
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2. What medieval occupation—an itinerant household repairman—was sometimes also used as a derogatory name for Irish Travelers?
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3. What American arts and crafts store chain used the advertising slogan “Where Creativity Happens”?
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4. In 1941, the E. W. Scripps Company took over America’s largest competition testing students on what skill?
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5. What Shakespearean king calls his ungrateful daughter Goneril “more hideous … than the sea-monster”?
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ANSWERS ----->1. What kind of creature can a lycanthrope transform into?
WOLF
2. What medieval occupation—an itinerant household repairman—was sometimes also used as a derogatory name for Irish Travelers?
TINKER
3. What American arts and crafts store chain used the advertising slogan “Where Creativity Happens”?
MICHAELS
4. In 1941, the E. W. Scripps Company took over America’s largest competition testing students on what skill?
SPELLING
5. What Shakespearean king calls his ungrateful daughter Goneril “more hideous…than the sea-monster”?
LEAR
WHAT'S THE KENNECTION ----->What's the Kennection?
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This article was originally published on www.mentalfloss.com as What’s the Kennection? #84.
